If we could talk to the animals

被引:3
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作者
Siegal, Michael [1 ,2 ]
Varley, Rosemary [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Trieste, Dept Psychol, I-34134 Trieste, Italy
[2] Univ Sheffield, Dept Psychol, Sheffield S10 2TP, S Yorkshire, England
[3] Univ Sheffield, Dept Human Commun Sci, Sheffield S10 2TA, S Yorkshire, England
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D O I
10.1017/S0140525X08003725
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
The thesis of discontinuity between humans and nonhumans requires evidence from formal reasoning tasks that rules out solutions based on associative strategies. However, insightful problem solving can be often credited through talking to humans, but not to nonhumans. We note the paradox of assuming that reasoning is orthogonal to language and enculturation while employing the criterion of using language to compare what humans and nonhumans know.
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页数:12
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